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ISRAEL AT WAR - DAY 433

Ian Kinsler

New York Yankees Harrison Bader tosses his bat after hitting a solo home run against the Houston Astros during the sixth inning of Game 4 of an American League Championship baseball series, Sunday, Oct. 23, 2022, in New York. (AP Photo/John Minchillo)
December 16, 2022, 10:35 pm
Ailing Yankees outfielder pulled from Team Israel’s World Baseball Classic roster
Harrison Bader cites desire to remain healthy after injury-plagued 2022 season but does not rule out possibility of playing for Israel in the future
By jacob gurvis
San Francisco Giants' Joc Pederson collects himself between pitches during the first inning of a baseball game against the Pittsburgh Pirates in Pittsburgh, Friday, June 17, 2022. (AP/Gene J. Puskar)
July 20, 2022, 4:40 am
All-star Joc Pederson to play for Israel in 2023 World Baseball Classic
Power-hitting Giants outfielder, whose mother is Jewish, returning to squad after playing for 2013 team, will help with player development
By jacob gurvis
Israel Olympic baseball player Ian Kinsler takes fielding practice at Salt River Fields spring training facility, May 12, 2021, in Scottsdale, Ariz. (AP Photo/Matt York)
June 29, 2022, 9:52 pm
Former All-star baseman Ian Kinsler to coach Team Israel in 2023 world championship
The World Baseball Classic is the only international baseball tournament outside of Olympic competition; Kinsler says he wants to raise the sport’s profile in Israel
By jacob gurvis
Israel's Ian Kinsler celebrates with Mitchell Glasser after hitting a home run in the third inning of a baseball game against South Korea at the 2020 Summer Olympics, on July 29, 2021, in Yokohama, Japan. (AP Photo/Sue Ogrocki)
July 31, 2021, 4:38 pm
MLB vets immerse themselves in Jewish heritage, build Israel’s baseball team
Manager Eric Holtz says all the players on the US-based squad are ‘playing for the name on the front of the jersey’
By Ronald Blum
Israel's Scott Burcham, right, dives and cannot reach a ball picked up by Rob Paller, center, as Blake Gailen (2) looks on during a baseball game against the United States at the 2020 Summer Olympics on July 30, 2021, in Yokohama, Japan. (AP/Sue Ogrocki)
July 30, 2021, 5:06 pm
Israel’s Olympic baseball team pounded 8-1 by US, further dimming medal hopes
After defeat by MLB prospects and released players, Ken Hultz’s squad will face lowest-ranking team from other group, must win that game to remain in contention
By ToI Staff and AP
Israel's Mitchell Glasser (22) collides with teammate Blake Gailen as he catches a fly out hit by South Korea's Jaeil Oh during a baseball game at the 2020 Summer Olympics, July 29, 2021, in Yokohama, Japan. (AP Photo/Sue Ogrocki)
July 29, 2021, 5:22 pm
Israel’s Olympic baseball team loses first match 6-5 to South Korea
After coming up short in a nail-biter of a game with extra innings, Israel will face the US team on Friday
By Amy Spiro
Ian Kinsler, then one of the Red Sox, fields a ground ball during the second game of the American League Division Series against the New York Yankees at Fenway Park in Boston, October 6, 2018. (Elsa/Getty Images via JTA)
December 23, 2019, 10:07 pm
Four-time All-Star second baseman Ian Kinsler retires
Kinsler, 37, the son of a Jewish father and Catholic mother, brings to an end a career spanning 14 years in Major League baseball, during which he scored 257 home runs
By Marcy Oster
Illustrative collage of American Jewish baseball players, from left, Ian Kinsler, Ryan Braun, Joc Pederson and Alex Bregman. (Lior Zaltzman/Getty Images/via JTA)
October 12, 2018, 4:08 pm
Four Jewish baseball players are making a play for the World Series
Alex Bregman, Joc Pederson, Ian Kinsler and Ryan Braun hope to help push their teams to baseball glory
By Marc Brodsky
Detroit Tigers second baseman Ian Kinsler (3) stands by second as umpire Angel Hernandez, right, watches play during the second inning of the Tigers' baseball game against the Texas Rangers on Wednesday, Aug. 16, 2017, in Arlington, Texas. (AP/Tony Gutierrez)
August 22, 2017, 11:59 am
Tiger Ian Kinsler gets big-league fine for ump trash talking
Jewish second baseman sets off protest by umpires, who say symbolically high $10,000 penalty not enough
By Yaakov Schwartz
Houston Astros pitcher Josh Zeid says he'd love to go on a 'Baseball Birthright' trip. (Courtesy of Houston Astros)
June 23, 2014, 5:15 am
Duo hopes MLB ‘Baseball Birthright’ pitch catches on
Filmmaker and sportswriter put together a Jewish identity-building trip to Israel for current and former professional players
By Renee Ghert-Zand
Detroit Tigers first-year manager Brad Ausmus, a player for 18 seasons, throwing some batting practice prior to a game against the Baltimore Orioles, May 13, 2014. (Hillel Kuttler/JTA)
June 1, 2014, 4:14 pm
Tigers roar with Jewish duo Ausmus and Kinsler
Detroit’s Jewish community kvells over its team’s combination of Jewish manager and player
By Hillel Kuttler
Cleveland Indians second baseman Jason Kipnis (photo credit: Flickr/ Keith Allison CC BY-SA)
July 15, 2013, 8:50 pm
Slim pickings for Jewish fans at 2013 MLB All-Star Game
Perennial Jewish standouts struggling this year; Indian’s Kipnis, a practicing Catholic, identifies with Jewish ancestry
By Lazar Berman
Israeli pitcher Shlomo Lipetz. (photo credit: courtesy)
September 11, 2012, 8:05 pm
Field of Zionist dreams
Though baseball is a ‘Jewish sport,’ its roots in Israel are still taking hold. Team Israel is taking to the baseball diamond this week in South Florida in a bid to participate in the March 2013 World Baseball Classic. How did the blue and white players get there, and what are their chances?
By Howard Blas
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